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− | [[Image:howzat.jpg|right|thumb|''Garth Porter''; still from ''Howzat'' video]]
| + | ''Garth Porter'' was a Hamilton born musician, best known for being the keyboard player of Australian pop band ''Sherbet''. ''Porter'' co-wrote many of the bands songs, including their 1967 hit "Howzat". |
− | ''Garth Porter'' (born 24 September 1948) was a Hamilton-born musician, best known for being the keyboard player of Australian pop band ''Sherbet''. ''Porter'' co-wrote many of the bands songs, including their 1976 hit "Howzat". The song went to number one in Australia and New Zealand, and made the Top 10 in several other countries including the UK, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Israel. The single also charted in the United States where it reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sherbet declined in popularity following this song, and after a short breakup in the late '70s reformed as ''The Sherbs''. Among their singles, they released 'We Ride Tonight' in 1982, with Porter as the primary songwriter. The song reached #26 on the US charts, and was sampled in the 2013 ''Daft Punk'' 2013 song 'Contact'.
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− | ''Porter'' attended Hamilton Boys High School between 1962 and 1965. John Dix’s 1988 book on New Zealand music 'Stranded in Paradise' noted that ''Porter'' was a member of [[Swellfoot's Assembly]] in 1969, before moving to Australia. Although this was argued in an article by ''Swellfoot's Assembly'' member [[Marion Arts]] with [[Hamilton Underground Press]] to not be the case, it appears that there was an earlier incarnation of the band in which he was a member, prior to it featuring ''Marion Arts''.
| + | In Hamilton ''Porter'' was a member of [[Swellsfoot Assembly]]. |
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− | ==Bands==
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− | *Samael Lilith: 1969-1970
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− | *Toby Jugg: 1970
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− | [[Image:howzat2.JPG|right|thumb|''Howzat'' cover]]
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− | *Sherbet: 1970-1980
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− | *The Sherbs: 1980-1984
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− | *Stevie Wright Band: 1986
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− | *Alex Smith and The Volunteers: 1989
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| ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
− | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5EDb8Fyf4 "Howzat" video, YouTube] | + | *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Garth-Porter/104021142967463?v=wall&viewas=0 ''Garth Porter'' Facebook page] |
− | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhnr3FLffE "Howzat" video, live in 2006, YouTube] | + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFQ7d3GqEE "Howzat" video, YouTube] |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Porter Garth Porter Wikipedia page] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Porter Garth Porter Wikipedia page] |
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− | ==Published Articles==
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− | *[http://www.hamiltonundergroundpress.com/features/the-legends-and-myths-of-swellfoots-assembly-interview-with-marion-arts ''The Legends (and Myths) of Swellfoots Assembly''] by [[Ian Duggan]], [[Hamilton Underground Press]]
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